CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, FIN DU XVIIIEME SIECLE

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LANTERNE EN BRONZE DORE ET EMAUX CLOISONNES
CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, FIN DU XVIIIEME SIECLE
De forme quadrangulaire, son col et son pied sont évasés. Elle est entièrement ajourée. Sa structure en bronze est rehaussée de frises de grecques et de guirlandes de ruyi émaillées. Elle est agrémentée de panneaux de verre peints. La base est ornée de frises de pétales de lotus et d'un registre ajouré de volutes. Les pieds en forme de chauves-souris, alternent avec quatre représentations d'enfants agenouillés ajoutés postérieurement.
Hauteur: 42 cm. (16½ in.) (2)

Provenance

Property from an important private American collection

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Further details

AN UNUSUAL GILT-BRONZE AND CLOISONNE ENAMEL LANTERN
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, LATE 18TH CENTURY

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Lot Essay

Cloisonné enamel lanterns of this type, which are meant to sit on a table top, appear to be quite rare.
A number of gilt-bronze and cloisonné enamel lanterns remain in situ in the Palace Museum, Beijing.
A pair of hanging lanterns of double-gourd form and glass panels which can be seen in the bedroom behind the 'Hall of Mental Cultivation' (Yang Xin Dian). Another example, of quadrangular shape, is still in the second west room of the 'Palace of Eternal Spring' (Chang Chun Gong). They are all illustrated in Furniture of the Ming and Qing Dynasties (II) - The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong 2002, pl.249 and 255.
See also a pair of cloisonne enamel lanterns sold by Christie's Hong Kong, 29 May 2007, lot 1642.

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